I don't see why it would be weird to send her to an afterschool program. I mean... Home-schooling would mean trying to give her the data that is given in schools, and socialization (such as it is, depending on the school... O:p ) is "the unwritten curriculum."
Have you considered trying to get the local school system to test her for giftedness? It might be possible... Or it might be something that you'd need a child psychologist to test for. But if she's got that, and it's causing problems in class (because she's bored), then you may be able to, for instance, go to a 504 or IEP. (The Special Education department, if it's anything like the NH one, is where the extra-bright kids are handled if they don't fit in... And if they're anything like the local ones, they'd love to have an extra-bright kid as "special ed" to average into their numbers from the children who are intellectually challenged (I think that's the current jargon).)
Having a diagnosis of some kind, such as giftedness or high intelligence (plus, in our case, Asperger's, whee), is a wonderful, wonderful stick to wave at people. So if you can get the school system to test for it, or if you can swing a child psychologist (ask the special ed department who they recommend, probably) on your own... It might seriously be worth it.
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Date: 2010-11-12 01:43 pm (UTC)Have you considered trying to get the local school system to test her for giftedness? It might be possible... Or it might be something that you'd need a child psychologist to test for. But if she's got that, and it's causing problems in class (because she's bored), then you may be able to, for instance, go to a 504 or IEP. (The Special Education department, if it's anything like the NH one, is where the extra-bright kids are handled if they don't fit in... And if they're anything like the local ones, they'd love to have an extra-bright kid as "special ed" to average into their numbers from the children who are intellectually challenged (I think that's the current jargon).)
Having a diagnosis of some kind, such as giftedness or high intelligence (plus, in our case, Asperger's, whee), is a wonderful, wonderful stick to wave at people. So if you can get the school system to test for it, or if you can swing a child psychologist (ask the special ed department who they recommend, probably) on your own... It might seriously be worth it.
*crosses fingers for you*